Trump signed an executive order that introduces milder regulations to the AI sector than the previous text
Donald Trump seeks a compromise on artificial intelligence between the various currents within his administration. On Tuesday, the American president signed an executive order introducing some light regulations to the sector. “The final text requires some companies developing artificial intelligence to submit their powerful new models to a voluntary government review 30 days before releasing products to the public,” he reported Political. These are less stringent rules than a previous text, which provided for a voluntary review 90 days in advance. A text that the president should have signed in May but which, due to pressure from White House technology consultant David Sacks, he then blocked.
The new executive order therefore tries to find a synthesis between the various positions on Artificial Intelligence that are registered within the current US administration. Sacks, historically close to Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, is a staunch opponent of regulations, arguing that snares and snares would end up compromising the competitive capabilities of the United States against China. It was precisely by leveraging this argument that, last month, he managed to convince Trump to rescind the previous decree. On the other side, second Politicalthe White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and the Treasury secretary, Steve Bessent, would be more inclined to introduce regulations for the artificial intelligence sector. The latter is a hope also shared by part of the more “traditional” Maga base, especially in its Catholic and evangelical sectors.
Finally, the figure of JD Vance emerges at the center of the debate, who, if last year seemed more inclined towards the absence of rules in the AI sector, starting from 2026 he appeared more cautious. In particular, in May, he praised Magnificent Humanitas and expressed concern about the use of artificial intelligence in the military. Vance is historically sponsored by Thiel but, at the same time, he is Catholic, as well as an electoral expression of those blue-collar workers of the Rust Belt who look with concern at the socioeconomic impacts of AI. All this helps to explain the change in position of the number two in the White House, who, given his presidential ambitions in view of 2028, must urgently resolve the dilemma he finds himself facing.
